Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-02-10
CURRENT TOPICS.

nitI in the Texas Ievi.iaturc ,-o,o...
to outlaw bar bills.
BAKER County, Ore, Is larger than an,
New England State.
mason BEr Is now the only American N
the Egyptian service.
ILLINOIS 10 not only ou; of debt, but In,
100000 in its treasury.
SrANfARp has turned the whole II bile
into poetry, 36o,oc0 stanzns.
oENkRAL PLEAs,SroS was in iO5 battles,
out never received a wound.
COAL train of eighteen cars was blown
from the track near Denver, Col.
IuE business of the United State,
supreme Court IL four years behind.
SON OF Kit Carson resides in Los An
geles, and is struggling with poverty.
IkNNrsoN's eyesight Is failing him to
such an extent as TO cause serious alarm.
ARKANSAS proposes to raise the price
of her State bonds and wipe out the state
debt.
Inf Chinese claim 10 have used natural
gas in the manufacture OF terra Gotta long
long ago.
1T is said that tho area of winter whoa,
10 decreasing and the area Of spring whca,
increasing.
Six gunnery instructors have been lent
To the Chinese Government hy the British
Admiralty.
WHILE oxcavating in Rome house de.
clared 10 be OF the third century has been
discovered.
SANDusKY man tipped up trade dol
lar, which descended into pct dog. agape
at the time
HIon-LICESsE bill nas been int, oduced
IN the Minnesota Legislature. II fixes tho
license at 81 900
The entire Okcfinohcc swamp, in Gcor-
gia and Florida, can be bought for about
ten cents per acre.
Goal OIL JOHNNIE STEELE, once n mil
Ionairc, rs now in Jail as a vagrant at
Mount Holly, n. J.
DANIEL DoUonERTY, tho Philadelphia
iawyer, has declined TO act as counsel for
the Chicago Anarchists.
TnE Missouri Legislature will try its fine
Italian hand ut the bill for tho suppression
OF Pinkcrton detectives
POLICEMEN and fircmen in New York re.
ceived over half a million dollars from tho
city as pension last year
TEXAS contcmplatcs placing 100000
acres OF her university lands in tho hands
OF agents for sale or lease
GovERNoR PIERCE, of Dakota rendered
his resignation TO the President which was
hCccptcu 10 tako cNcct at once.
THE Kansas Legislature is wrestling
with capital removal scheme IL is to
take IL any where out of Topeka.
THE Car has paid 500, 600 for the famous
Galitzin collection Of paintings for the Hor-
mitagc gallery at st. Petersburg
THE owner OF the Miller car coupler has
begun suit for infringement against the
Pennsylvania railroad for 10000.
IRE New Work Stafp Eanato ha. ......a
the bill 10 make September a legal holi-
day, 10 be known as Labor day"
The Dakota Legislature continues TO
make war on the railroads They want
railways assessed as individuals are
The great bronze door Of the east front
entrance OF the Totunda of the Capitol
weighs 10000 pounds, and cost s2s,Ooc.
CoNGREss passed an amended bill by
which 100000 is appropriated for the build
ing of new barracks at Newport, KY.
A MARSH near Cape May, N. j., is being
searched for Captain Kidd's supposed
buried treasures by some people of that
city.
THEY have a toboggan slide at Bismarck,
d. T., where il is said the stcel-shod TO.
boggans acquire a velocity Of tbreo miles
a minute.
TuE appropriations made by Co. xress.
from 1900 10 date, for the erection and re-
modelling Of the Capitol, amount 10 over
s15,OOO,OOO.
RECENT visitors 20 General Sam Hous.
toms grave, at Huntsville, Texas. could
with difficulty find IT, as IL is overgrowp
with weeds.
ACCORDING 10 recent English exper,-
ments it is found that growth OF ivy over
house renders the interior entirely freq
from moisture.
DIR. TUCKER, Of Brooklyn, paid sg75 for
first choice Of the pews in Talmage's
church, selecting the same one for which
he paid $500 last year
AFTER an absence Of two years and nine
days pet squirrel returned 10 Daniel Dan
ner, OF MattisOn, Mich, and took I'D IT'S
quarters in its old cage.
HIRAM SfHLEY, the wealthy scotsman, OF
Rochester, y. Y, is about 10 give t25O,Oc0
TO Cornell University 20 enlarge the Sibley
College Of Mechanic Arts
A CmHISAL was bailed out IN New York
the other day who vows ho wouldn't have
the process repeated for 81 600 II was
done with a stomach pump
a VERY e1icacious and celebrated Rus
sian patent medicine was recently ana
lyzed. II was found to be nothing but
water from the river Neva.
a HERD Of buRalOes were seen at Painted
Woods, near Bismarck, recently-the hrst
seen Ia two years. They were driven hun
dreds Of miles by the storm.
THE grave OF Edmond About, in tho
cemetery Of Pcre Ia Chaise, is never with
out its bouquet OF flowers, placed there b,
The widow Of the dead author.
THE Emperor of China is the shortest
monarch in the world, being only five feet
tall, and the Emperor William of Germany
IL tho tallost, being just six feet.
BosToN CoHBgTr, the reputed slayer of
Wilkes Booth, Is very poor In his old age.
and subsists himself a. an assistant door.
keeper in tho Kansas Legislature.
A FuND is being raised 10 prevent tho
sale at auction Of Daniel O'Conneu's old
home and personal effects, which arc in
danger through the bankruptcy Of their
present owner.
A FULI~BIooDED Indian, thirty-nine years
old, was ordained deacon in the Prutest-
ant Episcopal Church recently, AZ Mime
apoiis. IN his examination he failed upon
only one question.
THs disciples Of HabEemann in Boston
are preparing 10 celebrate In April next
the 10Th anniversary Of the introduction OF